Pépin III 'the Short' King of the Franks 2
- Born: 714 2
- Marriage: Bertha de Laon in 740 1
- Died: 24 Sep 768, St-Denis, Île-de-France, France at age 54 2
 General Notes:
Mayor of the palace of Austrasia and king of the Franks (751-68), the son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, and the grandson of Pepin of Herstal. He was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (reigned about 743-751), the last of the Merovingian dynasty. In 751, Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. When the pope was threatened by the Lombards of northern Italy, Pepin led an army that defeated them (754-55). He ceded to the pope territory that included Ravenna and other cities. This grant, called the Donation of Pepin, laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine, or Aquitania, in southwestern France. He was succeeded by his sons Carloman and Charlemagne as joint kings.
He was a Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia from 741 to 751.
Acceded: King of the Franks, 751.
[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]
Pépin married Bertha de Laon, daughter of Heribert de Laon Comte de Laon, in 740.1 (Bertha de Laon was born about 720 in Laon, France 1 and died on 12 Jul 783 in Choisy, France 1.)
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